11yancazosj

you guys all have great reasons as to how frequently you do water changes

Alasse

My

5ft heavily planted ~ every 6-8weeks
betta tanks ~ monthly
Endler planted tank ~ monthly
2ft Bn tanks ~ fortnightly
4ft fry growout tank ~ weekly

11yancazosj

WOW!!! very good routine you have there

fishrule101

I do water changes every week. I sometimes forget and have to do them the next week.

11yancazosj

im very surprised to see that no one completes daily water changes

Nick G

Why would you need to do daily water changes?

11yancazosj

my cousin tells me that there are people that do. why would it be on the poll if it were pointless.

Nick G

Daily waterchanges should be done if you have an uncycled tank with fish in it, but only to detoxify the ammonia, so as not to expose the fish to it.

11yancazosj

thats why i put it up there

Butterfly

Also if you have fry that need really clean water such as angel fish and BN fry

I do weekly water changes. If I feed the clowns really heavily then I will do an extra one on their tank.
carol

cichlid_man

All tanks need different water changes. The ones that are overstocked obviously need more but the average ones can do with a weekly to fortnightly change

cichlid_man

how often do u do water changes

11yancazosj

i doesnt depend on how many fish you have in your tank but the nitrate, ammonia and nitrite levels...also if your tank has surcome to Ick or other parasites.

anyway cichlid man...welcome to fish lore...(he is my brother)

treve

hi
I do my water changes every week 10 gallons each for my 55 long and 56 high,i change my carbon every 3 weeks and service my filters once a month.

kloseo

i do a 20% water change every week as i have fish with high waste loads and some that are sensitive to ammonia and nitrates

jrod

every 3 weeks, and i clean the filter once a month

kloseo

205 weekly like clock work

kloseo

thats suppose to say 20%, what a horrible typist

deathtroll

I do weekly on my 55 and 20 tall and three times a week on my 2 fry tanks

bolivianbaby

I do water changes weekly unless there's a spike in ammonia or nitrites. Then I do it "as needed"

10gallonmadness

I do about 10-20% water changes by vacumming gravel every 2 weeks. I clean filter media every month (or as needed). And replace filter media every 2 months.